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National Evaluation of the Fighting Back Program: General Population Surveys, 1995-1999 (ICPSR 3801)

Principal Investigator(s):
Saxe, Leonard, Brandeis University;
Kadushin, Charles, Brandeis University;
Tighe, Elizabeth, Brandeis University;
Rindskopf, David, City University of New York;
Beveridge, Andrew, City University of New York

Summary:

This study was designed as part of a multi-method
assessment of Fighting Back, a community-based drug abuse prevention
program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Fighting Back
was implemented in 14 medium-sized, primarily urban communities in 12
states. To assess whether the Fighting Back program led to changes in
alcohol and other drug (AOD) patterns and attitudes, the evaluation
conducted general population surveys of residents aged 16-44 in 12
Fighting Back program communities and 29 comparison
communities. Conducted in three waves -- 1995, 1997, and 1999 -- these
surveys constitute the Community Survey (Part 1). To provide
comparative national trend data, the National Survey (Part 2) was
administered, concurrently with the second and third waves, to a
national sample of the non-rural general population aged 16-44 using
the same survey instrument as the Community Survey. The strategy for
question design was to replicate previously validated questions from
national surveys of substance use and dependency, including the
National Household Survey of Drug Abuse, the National Comorbidity
Study, and the Monitoring the Future study of American
youth. Respondents reported their AOD use, their friends' AOD use,
their attitudes about AOD use, how their friends felt about AOD use,
and their perceptions of drug sales, crime, and other aspects of their
neighborhood. In addition, the surveys collected information on
volunteerism, crime victimization, health and mental health, knowledge
and utilization of AOD treatment services, attendance in drug
education courses or lectures in school, and opinions on marijuana
legalization. Background variables include sex, race, Hispanic
origin, household composition, marital/cohabitation status, education
status and achievement, employment status, occupation, religious
preference, religiosity, and income.

This study was designed as part of a multi-method
assessment of Fighting Back, a community-based drug abuse prevention
program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Fighting Back
was implemented in 14 medium-sized, primarily urban communities in 12
states. To assess whether the Fighting Back program led to changes in
alcohol and other drug (AOD) patterns and attitudes, the evaluation
conducted general population surveys of residents aged 16-44 in 12
Fighting Back program communities and 29 comparison
communities. Conducted in three waves -- 1995, 1997, and 1999 -- these
surveys constitute the Community Survey (Part 1). To provide
comparative national trend data, the National Survey (Part 2) was
administered, concurrently with the second and third waves, to a
national sample of the non-rural general population aged 16-44 using
the same survey instrument as the Community Survey. The strategy for
question design was to replicate previously validated questions from
national surveys of substance use and dependency, including the
National Household Survey of Drug Abuse, the National Comorbidity
Study, and the Monitoring the Future study of American
youth. Respondents reported their AOD use, their friends' AOD use,
their attitudes about AOD use, how their friends felt about AOD use,
and their perceptions of drug sales, crime, and other aspects of their
neighborhood. In addition, the surveys collected information on
volunteerism, crime victimization, health and mental health, knowledge
and utilization of AOD treatment services, attendance in drug
education courses or lectures in school, and opinions on marijuana
legalization. Background variables include sex, race, Hispanic
origin, household composition, marital/cohabitation status, education
status and achievement, employment status, occupation, religious
preference, religiosity, and income.

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Study Description

Citation

Saxe, Leonard, Charles Kadushin, Elizabeth Tighe, David Rindskopf, and Andrew Beveridge. National Evaluation of the Fighting Back Program: General Population Surveys, 1995-1999. ICPSR03801-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2003. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03801.v1

Universe:
Community Survey: Persons aged 16-44 living in households
within 12 Fighting Back communities and 29 comparison communities.
National Survey: Persons aged 16-44 living in non-rural households
within the 48 contiguous states.

Data Type(s):
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

The data maps are provided as ASCII files and the
codebooks are provided by ICPSR as Portable Document Format (PDF)
files.